Six Sigma

Six Sigma

Originally developed by Motorola in 1986, Six Sigma is quality management method that helps organizations to improve the capability of their business processes. This increase in performance and decrease in process variation lead to defect reduction and improvement in profits, employee morale and quality of products or services.

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Toyota production system (TPS)

Quality management; Six Sigma

The production system developed by Toyota Motor Corp. to provide best quality, lowest cost and shortest lead time through eliminating waste. TPS is based on two pillars: just-in-time and jidohka. TPS ...

Computer aided engineering (CAE)

Quality management; Six Sigma

A broad term used by the electronic design automation industry for the use of computers to design, analyse and manufacture products and processes. CAE includes CAD and computer aided manufacturing ...

Balanced scorecard

Quality management; Six Sigma

A management system that provides feedback on both internal business processes and external outcomes to continuously improve strategic performance and results.

Critical processes

Quality management; Six Sigma

Processes that present serious potential dangers to human life, health and the environment or that risk the loss of significant sums of money or customers.

Technical report (TR)

Quality management; Six Sigma

A type of document in the International organisation for standardisation portfolio of deliverables.

Process quality

Quality management; Six Sigma

The value of percentage defective or of defects per hundred units in product from a given process. Note: The symbols "p" and "c" are commonly used to represent the true process average in fraction ...